The Rise and Fall of the Boeing 2707 SST

The Two Seven O 7 would have flown nearly three times the speed of sound and carried more than 250 passengers the distance from New York to Los Angeles in under 2 hours .

Its development was backed by a billion in U.S. government funding, and an army of Boeing engineers and airlines were lining up to buy it.

This would have been America 's answer to Concorde .

At supersonic speeds, aircraft generate loud Sonic booms that can be heard all over the country.

A Boeing 2 Seven O 7 cruising at 60,000 feet would produce a Sonic boom heard as much as 30 miles away.

In 1971 , the US Senate rejected any further funding for the project, and the Boeing 2 7 O 7 officially died.

In 1969 , Nixon took over the presidency, the decision was made to end the program.

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